In Reply to: Apples & oranges posted by didiaust on Saturday, 6. May 2006 at 13:33 Bali Time:
he has a phobia about paying retail for anything.
I don't bother with birthday presents now because he just says "how much did you pay? I saw that on Ebay for $???"
When I wanted a sewing machine they had a special $50 off if you traded in your old machine. We didn't have an old one so he asked if we could still get $50 off. She said No so he said to the lady "I can go and find a crappy machine and give it to you, then you have to go to the trouble of throwing it away". She laughed and said OK.
Always pays to ask.
When we both went to get new phones he asked for a free leather pouch each. He said we could have only one. I didn't want one anyway but he knew if he asked for 2 they would bargain down to one.
He's good.